The Republican Union (Spanish: Unión Republicana) was a pro-statehoodpolitical party in Puerto Rico. A U.S. 51 star flag has been designed in case of a 51st state actually joining the United States. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...
The Republican Union was founded in 1932 from the merging of the Pure Republican Party and the conservative wing of the Alianza. Together with the Socialist Party, it was part of an electoral alliance known as Coalición. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano) is a political party in Puerto Rico that supports statehood for the island. ... An electoral alliance is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections. ...
Coalición governed Puerto Rico from 1932 to 1940. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
The modern descendant of the Republican Union is the New Progressive Party (PNP). PNP logo with motto (Statehood, Security, Progress) The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico, PNP) is a political party that campaigns for Puerto Rican statehood. ...
Further reading
José Trías Monge, Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World (Yale University Press, 1997) ISBN 0-300-07618-5
Spanish Republicans Second Spanish Republic (1931 – 1939) was the second period in Spanish history in which the election of both the positions of Head of State and Head of government were in the hands of the people.
Republican sympathizers proclaimed it as a struggle between "tyranny and democracy ", or " fascism and liberty ", and many idealistic youths of the 1930s who joined the International Brigades thought saving the Spanish Republic was the idealistic cause of the era.
One of the Nationalists' principal motives, claimed at the time of their initial uprising, was to confront the anticlericalism of the Republican regime and to defend the Roman Catholic Church, which was censured for its support for the monarchy and which many on the Republican side blamed for the ills of the country.
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